ENERGY

The National Energy Information Center (NEIC), a branch of the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the independent statistical and analytical agency within the United States Department of Energy, provides information on energy production, disposition, reserves, historical data, forecasts, and analyses for coal, electricity, gas, oil, nuclear, and alternate fuels.

Consumers may request selected EIA energy publications free of charge. The NTIS also sells EIA publications in hard copy and microfiche form, and models and databases on diskette and magnetic tape.

STATE:

The California Energy Commission, a statutorily created commission which functions under the Governor, is responsible for five basic areas: forecasting future statewide electricity needs; licensing power plants to meet those needs; promoting energy conservation; developing renewable energy resources and alternative energy technologies and planning for and directing state response to energy emergencies. The Commission is responsible for regulations on an electric vehicle's power supply.